Going the Extra Mile

Sometimes it just takes that extra effort,

making someone’s day,

making someone else happy,

you’ll feel happy too =)

Drained out

Finally back from Awesome Camp!

Broke my record, haha, slept a total of 5-6 hours for 3 nights.

Now i feel like slping 24 hours non-stop hoho..

yawn....

Sincerity

Its a nice feeling when you know that you are still remembered when your friends are overseas!
MisterLyon is really happie to receive prezzies today, amist the rush to prepare for camp log.
Liked the wallet :)
I probably wouldnt have chosen a better one myself.
Sometimes its the thought that matters.
Thanks!

That was the happiest moment I had today.
The rest just suck.

Musical Flashback: 10 years ago......

Title: Never Had A Dream Come True
Artiste: S Club 7
Album: 7

I have always taken a liking to this pop band ever since I was young. I felt that they had it all and encompassed all their elements into one simple package. Its amazing how they used simplicity to effectively create uplifting, moveable tunes. Their image was very appealing to many, with good looks and the ability to make catchy music with a clean image and pop sensibilities. A group of young beautiful people to create some energetic music that could appeal to the youth all over. Unfortunately, they broke up in 2003 and even though ‘S Club 7’ may have left the world before their time was up, their bubblegum pop sounds, their danceable hits with booming chorus will always be remembered.

Do you still remember this hit? Exactly 10 years ago, this was released as a single for the BBC Children In Need, an annual charity appeal. Emotional is the only word coming to mind to describe how this sounds, as Jo pours her heart through the verses, building up to the gang vocal chorus.

I've never had a dream come true
Till the day that I found you
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby
I never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where life takes me to
A part of me will always be with you

Congrats!

*clap clap*
Am proud of Nurul.
Won a Bronze medal at the 2010 Boccia World Championships held a couple of weeks ago. Her determination and efforts during the trainings really paid off :)

Next...towards the London Paralympics in 2012 !!

Oops! Spent a bomb on a new pair of specs!
To me it is, cuz am currently saving lots. Continuously giving tuition.
Sometimes I think my mind is full of numbers.
Havnt had a concrete plan on how to deal with the tuition fee loan. The letter is coming, maybe with the 'IOU' I signed 4 years ago lol. *scared*
Have been pondering over the specs for the past week, and today happened to be the last day of promo, and I realli realli need to get a pair to standby. I predict the life of my current specs is going to end very soon, the rate I am dropping on the ground is pretty scary to hear of.
and I have the habit of sleeping on my specs unknowingly.

Dinner at AMK. Starved! Today was pretty rush for me in the morning but gladly everything went well. Skipped lunch tho -_- haha and I survived the whole day with a chicken bun burger.
Bad Bad habit!!

New movie 'Oceans' is showing in cinemas soon! But it is in FRENCH! diaoz
dunno if there is subtitles tho.
But its a nice movie if u like the ocean and underwater life :)
....I just want to see the dolphins!!!

人之常情

近期发觉，人就是这么奇怪的，心里总有一些东西渴望着。

开始想起来会很快乐，然后费尽心思去争取去拼搏，得到了却觉得现实中的比想像中的那份渴望竟然差之十万八千里。之后很失望，沮丧，便搁置一旁，将之堆积成了记忆的污垢。

现实所渴望的得不到很伤心，即使会耿耿于怀，执著也罢，但随着时间渐渐的过去，在岁月的冲淡下，当那份渴望被磨灭，而释怀了，不禁觉得自己当初为何傻得如此甘之若饴。究竟是为了什么呢? 自己却毫无头绪！

这些。。。或许只不过是人之常情。

不轻易掉眼泪，活得积极！这才是生存的意义。

Disappointment

A little stunned when I looked at the attendance of the Grad Dinner.
Saddened.
It just shows the unity of the class for the past 4 year.
Why can't people have their own views?

Lazy Monday

Now in Central Library...bored boredz...
Practically nobody is around. A handful are probably mugging for Special Term Exam.
and also engine camp this week, esesc AWESOME camp the following...

Just finished transporting camp sponsered items.
Instant Noodles (Same as last time, the celery kind -_-) from Goh Yew Seng and Biscuits from Li An. So went from Woodlands to Tuas then to school. Familiarised a few new shortcuts and gosh! Tuas is really somewhere u shdnt navigate if u are afraid of getting lost.

2nd part of today:
Helping Brenda to move house!
Maybe I shd nap a bit...

Nice rest

Am watching Buffetlicious on xinmsn :)
Started salivating over the spread oops! The sunday brunch at Bar & Billard Room, Raffles Hotel seems like a great-value for money esp when it comes with that champagne (forgot the name). But then its still way too ex for someone who has just graduated and is jobless. Oh and I didnt know that one of the host was Sylvia Ratonel, totally couldnt recognise her le. Oh well, the last time I saw her was on Idol finale and I guess she didnt have much TV exposure ever since. Michelle Chia still looks great, and she is damn lucky to be able to host 2 seasons. Imagine the number of expensive buffet that u can go to. *envious*...Lyon, having the sweet tooth always, will puts his focus on the desserts rather than the main courses. Chocolate Fondue is still his fav!!

It has been a tiring and draining weekends. Not that I am out most of the time, but rather in bed resting. Sat afternoon was spent in Mt Alvernia Hosp, not warded luckily, but waiting time just to see the doc was really LONG. A hole in my pocket sighz...Finally had the energy to leave my bed today tho the persistent headache prevented me from doin so. But I knew I slept enough, and couldnt resist the smell of chicken rice in the dining room, haha, which was just 15m away from me..

Reluctantly, pulled out of the Paint-A-Home event :(
Something which I had always wanted to do but always misses out on the deadlines.
and finally I got a place but the timing wasnt right for me.
Its been a while since I painted a wall. Hmm...More than 5 years le. I remembered painting the wall in my room during the cny spring cleaning and made a blunder, lol, and its still there! So everytime when I lie on my bed, I will see it and remember what happened. Always been interested in painting walls, its just different from those arts and craft homework that u have in pri/sec sch....I am not good in design, but painting hai ke yi :p

Am eagerly waiting for the EXAM Movie dvd to arrive in Singapore. Thought of ordering online through hmv, but was thinking I can save some money if I get it locally. Will be checking out LASER Flair later....

Oh, hoho, recently just found a nice american breakfast place.
Guess what! Its just beside my block...
Yay! siao liao...

Mum going to change all the currency notes I got from overseas to SGD tmrw. and I just managed to find and put them all together. She told me now is the time to get good rates.

Alright, 2.15am liao.
Why am I not sleepy yet???

I guess....
I shall count my currency notes again and again....for the last time
(although its just a few pieces LOL)

매월 최고의 앨범 : June

Artiste: Super Junior
Album Title: Bonamana

Oh did u catch them while they were in Singapore? If u did, good for u 

Down 3 members to the current 10 (I hoped I counted correctly), they are now BACK with their 4th studio album. I went through the album 3 times and was a lil’ disappointed. Okay, I am getting a bit biased over here perhaps because ‘Sorry Sorry’ was too much a success that it is really difficult for their new stuff to keep up to the standard. These boys hope to show off their strong music and performance skills through this album with their concept of SJ Funky.

Title track ‘Bonamana’ might just be the most infectious song of 2010, we shall see. I personally feel that it is too ‘Sorry Sorry’ and there is not much evolution from before. But I guess the boys found their own comfortable style and sound and focused on identifying with it. Genre wise? I can only say ‘Sorry, Sorry’ and ‘Bonamana’ could be considered a pair of blood relatives in the music world. LOL. Maybe for those Korean non-lovers, they might think that this song is a bit Indian-ish. Check out their music video which I really like. The choreography is cool and definitely fits them well. Hopefully the song will do well and climb all the way to the top soon!

A few comments on the rest of the albums…

01. 미인나 (Bonamana) – Best song on this album to show the SJ Funky-ness.
02. 나쁜 여자 (Boom Boom) – A soft-pop style song.
03. 응결 (Coagulation) – Reminds me of WW treatment LOL. Nope! It is not what u think. A real good sentimental number which is nice to listen to before u sleep.
04. 나란 사람 (My Eyes) – R&B ballad. Average song.
05. My Only Girl – Though a bit repetitive, but has a really nice beat and the chorus, seasoned with a catchy melody.
06. 사랑이 이렇게 (My All Is In You) – Sounds like Ne-yo’s ‘So Sick’…haha
07. Shake It Up! – Probably requires a few listens to really like it.
08. 잠들고 싶어 (In My Dream) – Yay! My preferred kind of ballad. It has that pleasant aura around it. Pretty tune but might need a bit more creativity.
09. 봄날 (One Fine Spring Day) – Wah! Ryeowoo doing solo worz! Lol…Delicate piano and his subtle voice are well pieced together. Elegant song and somehow, it doesn’t wear off as quickly as the rest of the ballads on this album.
10. 좋은 사람 (Good Person) – Average song. Back to their youthful days I presume.
11. Here We Go – One word to describe …‘CUTE’

Btw, I give this album 7.5 out of 10 leaves....

虚幻

今晚不知怎么了， 竟然为了一点小事搞得自己十分慌张。
某些事情想要忘了它却往往办不到，一直以为可以挽回，费尽心思去争取，为了只是让自己满足。我还是无法接受残酷的现实，无法了解。。其实
一切都是假的！
拖拖拉拉了好一阵子，一直不能干净利落地做个了结。
也许还不是时候。。。。

The Unexpected

It was a long day, not a very good one though, but I did enjoy myself:)
Camp dry run games were really fun. *Thumbs up* to all involved in the camp comm!

Went to sch pretty early even though camp dry run starts at 1230pm.
It seems the flu did recover fully yesterday, but somehow fever develops when I started to feel really weak at 11. So decided to drive out to visit a doc and purchase some antibiotics cuz I guess I really need those (temp went up to 38 deg! no wonder..). It came to a moment when I was hesitating to display a parking coupon since it cost a buck for 1/2hr. Really ex!!! Since I just received a parking summon two days ago, oh well, decided to be obedient and no longer taking any chances. Guess wat! I got it again. It was a pretty long queue at the clinic and I got back to the car 10mins after the coupon expires. For the same reason, I received 2 summons in 3 days span, ermm....in 48 hours span actually :(

How 'lucky' can I get??

and.... I forgot to tell my mum abt my dinner outside today.
She was quite pissed. I can tell from the phone conversation :(
I totally forgot abt it!

I hope tmrw when I wake up, I could just forget abt what happen today.

好歌推荐 ： 2010 年 6 月

推荐歌曲：明知我爱你
歌手姓名：龚芝怡
专辑名称：55:38:7

Oh my!!
试听这张专辑时，一直在想，究竟什么是《55:38:7》?
不！不是CD的长度， 不是toto开采号码，更不是公司人员的岁数。

马上上网查个究竟，原来加州大学一位教授，Albert Mehrabian，于1971年做的研究揭露，有效的沟通技巧包含三大要素：肢体语言、声调和说话内容。
55％的意义来自视觉的身体语言（仪态、姿势、表情）- Body Language；
38％的意义来自谈话时的声音面（语气、声调、速度）- Tone of Speech；
7％的意义来自实际说出来说话内容（遣词用字）- Word Usage
简单来说，有时候你可以一声不吭，对方可以从你的姿态、表情、眼神和声调中测出你对他是好感还是反感。

她的首张专辑收录了11首她作曲、写词的歌曲，都和‘沟通’这项主题有关。
两年前的她非常安静，不太喜欢说话，沟通上的确很辛苦。
能够发行第一张个人专辑，这条路不好走，日子不容易过。
相信每一位歌手都忘不了那段刻苦的路程。

在现实社会里，忙碌的生活已把那‘健康’的沟通方式变了样，拉长了人与人之间的距离。
人越来越聪明，就开始产生有心机的念头。听起来很可怕吧？
隐藏自己，免于伤害，这就是生存的方式吗？

要好好地介绍一下这位本地新人的努力结晶。
《明知我爱你》是一首抒情歌，也是新传媒《紅白囍事》的片尾曲。
歌词的意义非常深刻，相当感人。。。

明知道我爱你 却不敢告诉你
我害怕失去你 宁愿沉默不语
该如何整理 幸福在手里
我恨自己 无能为力

明知道我爱你 却不敢靠近你
我假装不在意 反而痛了自己
多痛都可以 不能没有你
只想永远永远爱你
你知不知道我也没关系

你是否暗恋着他/她？

很多时候，真心话无法精准地用字词表达出来，往往因词不达意而弄巧反拙。
当你真的想念一个人时，我想一则简讯，还不如一通电话来得有效；
一通电话也远不及一个拥抱所能带来的温馨感觉。